Billy Wilder: The Cinema of Wit 1906-2002This biography of director Billy Wilder (""Sunset Boulevard, Some Like it Hot"") contains movie posters, a bibliography and a complete filmography. |
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Contents
Section 1 | 15 |
Section 2 | 37 |
Section 3 | 40 |
Section 4 | 47 |
Section 5 | 52 |
Section 6 | 85 |
Section 7 | 95 |
Section 8 | 115 |
Section 12 | 139 |
Section 13 | 145 |
Section 14 | 158 |
Section 15 | 159 |
Section 16 | 164 |
Section 17 | 168 |
Section 18 | 169 |
Section 19 | 178 |
Section 9 | 117 |
Section 10 | 124 |
Section 11 | 138 |
Section 20 | 180 |
Section 21 | 188 |
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Bibliographic information
| Title | Billy Wilder: The Cinema of Wit 1906-2002 Basic film series |
| Author | Glenn Hopp |
| Editor | Paul Duncan |
| Edition | illustrated |
| Publisher | Taschen, 2003 |
| ISBN | 3822815950, 9783822815953 |
| Length | 191 pages |
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